Drinking-fountain.



G. M. PAGE.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAB..15, 1912.

75 373 Patented Oct. 14,- 1913.

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DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Application filed. March 15, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. PAGE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Haydenville, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Drinking-Fountain, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sanitary drinking fountains of the so-called bubble type, and consists of certain peculiar bubble-forming delivery means, including regulating means, mounted on and in a suitable valve casing, together with a basin or bowl for the waste, also mounted on such casing, all as hereinafter set forth.

The objects of my invention are, first, to produce a fountain which delivers water for drinking purposes in the form of bubbles thrown well above the discharge nozzle so that the lips of the person drinking need not touch any part of the fountain itself; second, to provide such a fountain with means for regulating the flow of water therefrom with a great degree of nicety; third, to afford means for taking care of the overflow or waste water that escapes from the aforesaid nozzle, and, fourth, to furnish a device of this kind which is simple in construction, convenient in operation, not liable to get out of order, and can be attached to any supply pipe.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central vertical section taken fro-m front to back through a practical em bodiment of my drinking fountain; Fig. 2, a central vertical sect-ion taken at right-angles to that in the preceding view, looking toward the rear and showing only the valve casing, the bubble-forming and regulating elements together with the waste bowl being omitted; Fig. 3, a top plan of the upper regulating screw, and, Fig. 4, a top plan of the under regulating screw.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My invention is here represented as being incorporated in or with a double valve of special construction, but it is to be understood that I am not restricted in the application of said invention to any particular kind of valve construction, provided there are present a suitable inlet for the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

Serial No. 688,935.

water supply and a suitable outlet for the waste water.

The double valve just referred to comprises a casing 1 provided with an arm or branch 2 for attachment to the supply pipe (not shown), with a front valve extension 3 and a lateral valve extension 4, and with a waste branch 5 below said first-mentioned branch. The branch 5 is internally-screw threaded at its outer terminal for the attachment of,a waste pipe (not shown).

In the upper end of the casing 1 is an annular chamber 6 which opens at the top through said casing and at the bottom into a vertical passage 7 in said casing at one side of the center thereof. The passage 7 opens at the bottom into an annular chamber 8 situated in the lower part of the easing 1 and opening at the back on a level with the floor of said chamber into the passage in the waste branch 5. Thus it is seen that there is a continuous waste-way or passageway from the chamber 6 through the passage 7 into the chamber 8 and from the latter into the passage in the branch 5.

Rising from the center of the chamber 6 is an externally and internally screw-threaded nipple 9. This nipple extends above the casing 1 and opens at its inner or bottom end, through a tapered seat 10, into a central chamber 11 in the upper part of said casing.

Located in about the center of the casing 1 and with its axis in line with the axes of the passages in the rear branch 2 and the front extension 3 is a vertical-valve seat 12, such passages being continued into such casing and respectively designated by the numerals 13 and 14-. A vertical-valve seat 15, having its axis at right-angles to the axis of the valve-seat 12, divides the chamber 11 into two parts at the junction of such chamber with the passage in the extension 4, which passage extends into the casing 1 and is designated by the numeral 16. The lower part of the chamber 11, which part is at the left of the valve-seat 15, is represented at 17 in Fig. 2. Communication between the passage 13, from a point just behind the valve-seat 12, with what may be termed the lesser chamber 17 is had through a vertical passage 18 which opens at the bottom into said first-mentioned passage and at the top into said chamber through openings 19 in the bottom of the chamber. The inner end of the passage 14 opens at the bottom in front of the valve-seat 12 into the top of a vertical passage 20 in the casing 1. The passage 20 opens below the bottom of the casing 1. Water-ways or passageways for the supply are thus formed from the passage 13, through the passage 18, the openings 19, the lesser chamber 17 the valve-seat 15, the chamber 11 and the seat 10, to the nipple 9, and, through the valve-seat 12 and the passages 14 and 20, to and through the base of the casing 1.

The valve-seat 12 is normally closed by means of a valve 21 pressed against said seat in front by a spring 22, such valve and spring being in the chamber 14. The valve 21 has a stem 23 which operates through a cap 24 at the front end of the extension 3, and has a pair of cam levers 25 pivoted at 26 to the outer end thereof. These members constitute a self-closing valve of well-known construction, application and operation. A similar valve construction is provided for the valve-seat 15 on the right-hand side, the valve proper appearing at 27 and the spring at 28 in the passage 16, the cap at 29 to close the outer end of the extension 4, and

the cam levers at 30 with their pivot at 31. The stem for the valve 27 appears at 32.

Two regulating screws 33 and 34, the former being the regulator proper and the latter a set-screw therefor, are placed in the nipple 9, which owing to their peculiar construction and to the fact that they are adjustable enable me to set them so as to properly control the escape of water from the upper end of said nipple, regardless of the pressure from below. Both of said screws are made tapering or conical at their bases, but the bot-tom end of the upper screw 34 is blunted while the corresponding end of the under screw 33 is sharp. The taper of the screw 33 preferably corresponds with that of the seat 10, and said screw is recessed in the center of the top below the blunted end of the screw 34. Each screw 33 and 34 has a slot 35 in the top or head to receive the edge of a screw-driver, and the aforesaid recess in the head of the screw 33 consists in part of the slot 35 in said head, as shown at 36. The sides of the screws 33 and 34 are grooved longitudinally as shown at 27.

In practice the screw 33 is set the proper distance above the seat 10 and the screw 34 is seated thereon to lock it in place, and the water passes upward through said seat and the grooves 37 in said screw 33 into the space between said screws, and then through the grooves 37 in said screw 34 into the upper part of the nipple 9, just the right volume to produce the bubble with the aid of the bubble members above, which will be next described, being thus permitted to escape. The aforesaid bubble members consist of a nozzle 38 and a small dome or hood 39 within said nozzle. The diameter of the hood 39 is larger preferably than that of the orifice in the top of the nozzle 38, so that the water, after escaping from said hood in the manner explained below, rises around said hood, impinges on the walls of said nozzle, and is thus somewhat contracted or constricted as it passes from said nozzle. The nozzle 38 has an internally screw threaded neck 40 which is screwed on to the nipple 9, and said nozzle flares above said neck and is constricted at the top where it opens. A chamber 41 is thus formed in the nozzle 38 around and above the hood 39, which latter is centrally located in said nozzle directly over the neck portion 40. The hood 39 opens through holes 42 in the sides of said hood into the chamber 41. The water, after being forced through the nipple 9 past the regulating screws, enters the hood 39, is forced out of the same through the holes 42 into the chamber 41, and finally bubbles out through the top of the nozzle 38, being thrown upward a sufficient distance to enable a person to drink it without bringing his mouth into contact with said nozzle. The desired effect is produced by and the success of the device is due to the construction and arrangement of the regulating screws and the nozzle with its perforated hood.

A waste basin or bowl 43 is mounted on the casing 1 over the chamber 6 into which said bowl opens through holes 44 in the bottom thereof. The bottom of the bowl 43 has a central opening to receive the nipple 9, the sides of such opening being screwthreaded to engage the screw-threads on the outside of said nipple, and said bowl has a depending flange 45 which fits around the upper terminal of the casing 1. In assembling, the bowl 43 is first placed on the nipple 9 and screwed down tightly onto the upper edge of the casing 1, and then the nozzle 38 is placed on said nipple and screwed down tightly onto the bottom of said bowl.

The regulator is adjusted to any given water pressure, after removing the nozzle 38 and taking out the screw 34, by turning the screw 33 up or down until it will admit the right amount of water through the seat 10 to cause the bubble to be projected upward as far as may be required from the orifice at the top of the said nozzle. This can always be ascertained by a little experiment. After properly positioning the screw 33, the screw 34 is returned to place and the nozzle 38 again screwed onto the nipple 9. The space between the seat 10 and the base of the screw 33 must be less for a high pressure than for a low pressure.

When it is desired to drink the handles of the cam levers 30 are pressed together to open the valve 27 and the mouth is held over the orifice at the top of the nozzle 38 to receive the water which is now permitted to flow through the ascending water-way and bubbles forth from said nozzle as previously 1 ing having at the top an externally screwexplained. As soon as the aforesaid handles are released the valve 27 closes and the water is cut off from'the nozzle. The overflow from the nozzle 38 runs down outside of the same into the bowl 43 and from there escapes through the holes 4% into the wasteway. Meanwhile the valve 21 being closed no water is permitted to escape through the descending water-way. If it be desired, however, to draw water from the bottom of the casing 1 for any purpose, it may be done by simply opening the valve 21. In this last event the valve 27 remains closed and so shuts oil the water from the delivery nozzle 88. Thus independent delivery at either end of the valve casing is or may be effected, although it-would be possible, of course, to open both valves together and so permit the water to be discharged at both ends of said casing at the same time.

More or less change in the size, shape, construction and arrangement of some or all of the parts and members which enter into the fountain as herein disclosed may be nipple and laterally into said chamber, said made without departing from the nature of my invention.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A drinking fountain comprising a casing having at the top a supply nipple and threaded nipple at the top which opens into an annular waste chamber surrounding the base of said nipple, said nipple rising from the floor of said chamber, and said casing also having a supply passageway which opens into said nipple and a waste passageway which opens into said chamber through the floor of the same, a valve for said supply passageway, a nozzle provided inside with a hood mounted on said nipple, and a waste bowl mounted on the upper end of said casing and opening into said waste chamber.

2. A drinking fountain comprising a casing having at the top a supply nipple and an annular waste chamber surrounding the base of said nipple, said nipple rising from the floor of said chamber, and said casing also having a supply passageway which opens into said nipple and a waste passageway which opens into said chamber through the floor of the same, a valve for said supply passageway, a waste bowl mounted on the upper end of said casing and opening through the bottom thereof into said chamber, and a nozzle provided inside with a hood screwed on to said nipple above said bottom of said bowl to hold the latter in place.

3. A drinking fountain comprising a casthreaded supply nipple and an annular waste chamber surrounding the base of said nipple, and said casing also having a supply passageway which opens into said nipple and a waste passageway which opens into said chamber, a valve for said supply passageway, a waste bowl, having a screwthreaded bottom opening to receive the threaded part of said nipple and a flange to fit around the upper terminal of said casing, mounted on the latter and opening through the bottom thereof into said chamber, and an internally screw-threaded nozzle provided inside with a hood screwed on to said nipple above said bottom of said bowl.

4. The combination, in a drinking foun tain, with a casing bored to form a supply passageway therein and provided with an integral nipple at the top into which opens such passageway, of a chambered nozzle having at its base a neck portion that is mounted directly on said nipple, and provided in the chamber therein with an integral hood that opens at the bottom into said hood being larger in diameter than the oritics in the top of said nozzle.

5. The combination, in a drinking fountain, with a casing having a supply passageway therein and provided with a screwsuch passageway, said nipple having a seat at its lower end, of a regulating screw and a set-screw in said nipple, such screws having longitudinal passages in their peripheries for the water to pass through and a chambered nozzle mounted on such nipple and provided in the chamber therein with a hood that opens at the bottom into such nipple and laterally into said chamber.

6. The combination, in a drinking fountain, with a casing having a supply passageway therein and provided with a screwthreaded nipple at the top which opens into such passageway, said nipple having a tapered seat at its lower end, of a regulating screw and a set-screw for said regulating screw in said nipple, such screws having tapered bases and passages therein for the water, and a chambered nozzle mounted on such nipple and provided in the chamber therein with a hood that opens at the bottom into such nipple and laterally into said chamber.

GEORGE M. PAGE. Witnesses HENRY R. Norns, CI-IAs. KENT.

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